Intercourse vs Paradise

A side-by-side comparison of Intercourse and Paradise: population, income, housing, and more.

Intercourse and Paradise are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Intercourse has the higher population (1,506 vs 1,298 in Paradise). Paradise has the higher median household income ($94,934 vs $81,250 in Intercourse). Intercourse has the higher median home value ($435,400 vs $242,400 in Paradise).

Population, income & housing

	Intercourse	Paradise
Population	1,506	1,298
Median age	43.2 yrs	25.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$94,934
Median home value	$435,400	$242,400
Median gross rent	$1,104	$1,129
Housing units	537	399
Homeownership rate	76.5%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Intercourse	Paradise
Population	1,640 → 1,506 (-8.2%)	1,147 → 1,298 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$56,173 → $81,250 (+44.6%)	$80,216 → $94,934 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$302,200 → $435,400 (+44.1%)	$202,600 → $242,400 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$956 → $1,104 (+15.5%)	$725 → $1,129 (+55.7%)

Intercourse

Population

1,6401,506

Median household income

$56,173$81,250

Median home value

$302,200$435,400

Median gross rent

$956$1,104

Paradise

Population

1,1471,298

Median household income

$80,216$94,934

Median home value

$202,600$242,400

Median gross rent

$725$1,129

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Intercourse	Paradise
Under 5	3.4%	11.9%
5 to 17	23.4%	31.8%
18 to 24	12.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	6.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	8.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	5.0%	4.1%
55 to 64	10.0%	10.0%
65 to 74	16.5%	8.3%
75 and over	14.5%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Intercourse	Paradise
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	75.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Intercourse	Paradise
No high school diploma	39.3%	15.6%
High school graduate	19.5%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Intercourse	Paradise
Drove alone	37.5%	62.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	35.5%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Intercourse	Paradise
1-unit, detached	83.8%	53.6%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	26.6%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Intercourse	Paradise
Poverty rate	0.9%	15.5%
Average household size	3.18	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	11	24
Median year structure built	1986	1950